1951 - 1960
RIKER, Franklin Wing, singer, teacher; b.
Burlington, VT Mar. 12, 1876; s. George Peters and Ella Jeanette
(Wing) Riker; pub. sch. edn.; m. Henrietta A. Scheibe, Feb. 22,
1908. Tenor soloist leading New York chs., 1897-1903; conductor Vt.
Festival Chorus, supervisor music pub. schs., Burlington, Vt., etc.,
1903-6; mem. Conried Met. Opera Co., 1907; solo tenor Christ Ch.
(Episcopal), New York. Teacher of singing; pupil of Arthur Edward
Stahlschmidt, New York. Composer of several songs, anthems and piano
pieces. Christian Scientist. Died July 1958.
RIKER, Thad Weed (ri-ker), prof. modern European
history; b. Stamford, CT Nov. 2, 1880; s. Thaddeus Weed and Louise
Draper (Nesbitt) Riker; B.A., Princeton, 1903, M.A., 1904; B.Litt.,
Oxford U., Eng., 1908; D.Litt., Oxon, 1935; m. Fannie Rhea Preston, June
2, 1923; children: Malcolm Preston, Janet Louise. Spl. fellow in Latin,
Princeton, 1903-04; instr. English history, Cornell U., 1908-09; instr.
modern European history, U. Tex., 1909-13, adj. prof., 1913-17, asso.
prof., 1917-23, prof., 1923--; vis. prof. modern history, U. Chgo.,
1931-32; spl. research prof., U. Tex., 1941. Mem. org. com. on edn. tng.,
War Plans Div., Gen. Staff, war period. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Societe d’histoire
moderne, Royal Hist. Soc., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa; corr. mem.
Academia Romana (Bucharest). Episcopalian. Author: Henry Fox, First Lord
Holland (2 vols.), 1911; The Making of Roumania--A Study of an
International Problem, 1856-66, 1931 (Romanian translation as Cum S'a
Infaptuit Romania); Michael of Serbia and the Turkish Occupation
(serial), 1933-34; A Short History of Modern Europe, 1935; The Story of
Modern Europe, 1942; A History of Modern Europe, 1949. Contbr. revs. and
mags. Mem. bd. editors, Jour. of Modern History, 1928-32,
,acting editor, 1931-32; mem. bd. editors, Am. Hist. Rev.,
1943-48. Home: 2300 Leon. Office: University of Texas, Austin, TX. Died Feb. 17,
1952; buried Stamford, Conn.